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Oh boy, I’m starting to not notice humor/sarcasm in texts if there’s no smiley face emoticon in them

What has happened to me? I used to get a little annoyed when somebody couldn’t tell I was kidding in a text, being sarcastic, preferring that I put some kind of smiley face in a text/email as a humor heads up.

But… more and more I’M the one who hasn’t been able to tell when someone is kidding.

I’M NOW THE ONE WHO NEEDS THE SMILEY FACE. I’M THE ONE COMPLAINING HOW TONE IS NOT CONVEYED ON TEXT OR EMAILED.

I know this feeling. I work in Internetland and sometimes I can’t decipher humor or not. Especially since so much of my communication is professional based. And then sometimes someone throws in a smiley and I’m like: what? HOW UNPROFESSIONAL. But if a friend forgets their stupid winky face I’m like: Uh, are you mocking me? Are you serious? What is going on.